Wardrobe display-trunk



CHARLES HEINLEIN, sn;, OF omcmrmmi, omo.

WARIDROBE DISPLAY-TR''NK."

'Specification of Letters Faiient.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application fi1e. Tune17, 1918. Serial N0. 240,280.

T0 all w7wm z't may concem Be it known that 1, CHARLES HEINLEIN,

'S1z, a oi"iZen 011 the nited States of Amerioa, anal resident of Cinoinnati, in'the county of I-Iamilton and State of- Ohio,have

inventecl a new ancl useful Improvement in 1Varclroloe Display-Trunks, of whiclrthe following is a specifioati0n.

An object of my invention is to produce. an improved warclrobe trunk particularly aclaptecl 130 clisplay purposes such as required by traveling 1nen, in Which increased display space is proviclecl while at the san1e time provicling a construction whioh oocupieS less room Within tn trunk than other structures known 130 1ne.

This 'ancl other oloj ects are attained in the warclroloe trunk clescribed in the following specification anol illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective v1ew 01" a wardroloe trunk embodying my invention.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are detail perspeotive views of rny oonstruction.

My improvecl oonstruction consists of the. usual trunk body having two portions 5 and 6 hinged together, with clothes display elements 7 of like oonstruction located in eaoh portion 01: the trunk.

Eaoh clothes disp1ay element has a stationary rod 8 whioh is supported rigiclly at its rear end and loy a braoket 9. Connected With this by mea11s of a link 10 is a bar 11, the joints being such that the bar may be moveol either in a vert1cal plane 01 in a horizontal plane. At the opposite end of bar 11 1 have mounted a coupling 12 which is provicled With an upward extension 13 having a socket '14'therein, and a downwarcl extension 15 provided Wi0l1 a slot 16. A supporting standarcl 17 is securecl to tl1is coupling 'pivotally by means of an extension 18 having a sl0t 19 therein which receives a pin or rivet 20 locapecl in tl1e wings formed by slot 16 in extens1on 15. The action of this joint is to rencler the bar and support rigid when extenclecl as shown attaohed to portion 6 of the trunk body and as Will loe hereinafter described. At its lower end the support 17 is provided With a foot 21. This foot is attaohed to the support by means of a pin 22 whioh is looatecl in the hee1 23 of the foot and which operates ina slot 24 in 13118 support. When the olothes displa elements are in the extendecl condition s 0Wn in Fig. 1 attached to port1on 6 shown in F ig. 4.

- o1 the trank, the foot Will be loeked;in support1i1g pos11on, as Will be hereinafter described. WVhen folcled, the foi; occupies the Position sn0wn in ortion 5 ofth6trunk loo6lyintFig. 1. Tgli0ld each display element folded withintl1e trunk, 1 have prov1cled a sooket 25 whioh is seoured to the botto1n of each portion 5 and 6 and whioh is proviolecl with a latoh 26 for retaining the element in the portio1i orfor -releasing it therefpom, a spring 27 being providecl for reta1nmg the lat 3h in either of thel positions In the Operation of my improved wardroloe d isplay trnnl'z the latch 26 is lifted, thus releas1ng the c11splay element. The bar 11 is lifted to horizontal osition and support 17 dropped to vertical position. Foot 21 is then reverse;d tosupporting osition. The extension 18 of support 17 is then moved t0 a pos1t1onwithin extension 15 of ooupling 12, thus bringing the lower end of slot 19 1nto engagernent with pin 20. This brings the vertical vedge 28 of support 17 into engagement with the inner Wall of the 0011 pling opposite ehe sl'ot 16, thus rendering the ooupling and support iigid with one another. The foot after being reversed, then has the support 1novecl doWnwardly into the h eel until the upper encl 0:r slot 24: engages p1n 22, thus rigidly securing the foot against movernent With relation to the support by bringing the entire inner surface of the heel 1nto engagement with the support to prevent turning o f tl1e heel.

Each display element having been moved 130 garment supporting position, the bare 11 are available for supporting the garments Which have been packecl within the trank,

by means of the usual garment hangers 29. Should it be desired to increase the gamnant hanging capacity of the clisplay elements, an extension 30, the encls of which ocoupy the sockets 14 of the couplings 12, is placed in osition. The joints of the links 10 with the bare 11 pe1mit of horizontal movement of the display eleinents 130 accommodate an extension of ehe desirecl length oocupying the sockets.

111 moving the ele1nents to I"olded position within the trunk portions, Ehe feet are folded to the position shown in portion'5 of Fig. 1, and ehe supports are foldecl with relation to the bare by pulling the1n from the couplings as far as they Will go and folding them W1bh relation to the bars. The dis- 10. two trunk portions, a display element located in eaoh portion f the trunk, and means y Play elefiients thu havihg been 'folded, are.

movied'to pccupy the sock et s 2u1d the the bars t0 lock them in position Wi thin the trunk portion& A strap 81 may be provid edi t0 refpain t he supports and bars together at their up'pe1 ends if desired.

Havin thus described;my invention, What I c1aim is: v Y

;1. Awardrobe display'trunk comprising adapted toretain each display element in folded condition within its containing trunk in each portion 0f the trunk, and means adapted 130 retain each display element in ortion, said display elements each consigting of a stationary rod mounted Wih 1ts .trunk p0rtion, a bar pivotally connected at one end with the.rod foz vertical and horiz01ital movement the r6with, a, bar support 20 piVotally connected with the bar, at its opposite end, and affoot; pivotally c onnected with the support adaptedto be' folded f01 occupancy within the trunk portion.

y 2. A wardrobedisplay trunk eomprising two trunk portions, a display element l0cated folded nondition within its containing trunk portion, said disp1ay elemehts each consisting of a stationary 1'0d mounted Wijvhin its tr1'1rik portioh, a bar, a 1ink cpn'nect1ng the rod and bar, adapted to perm1t thebar t0 be moved 130 a folcled position within its pos1tion, a foot piv otally mounted a1: the 1 lower end of the support, adapted t0 b folded With relation to the sup'port f0r storage with'in the trilnk Portion, and 130 be exte'nc1ed to support' the support when unfolded, and means a1; the pivotal connection of the foou und supp 0rt adapted '00 lock the foot in extended pos1tion. y

In testimony whereof, I have hereu'nto subscribed my name this l 4th day 0f June,

CHARLES HEINLEIN, SR.. Vitnesses:

WALTER F. MU'RRAY, W. THORNTON BOGERI. 

